s3

Highlights

• Successfully joined the MIT Tech Masters swimming team!!! I now swim at least once a week and have improved a lot! Great for my fitness and my health!

• Completed three econ classes (public econ, microeconomics and stat methods) and made lots of friends in the process. This was my first semester w full control over my subjects and my favourite yet. Teachers were great and I went to lots of office hours (something I didn’t always do in the past). After having not taken econ classes in many, many years, these classes were not easy. I’m super satisfied I got through them.

• Other:

  • Made friends w Kathy, my freshman, micro study buddy

  • Made friends w Christine, Arianna and Ashley, my stats study buddies

  • Transition to ipad note taking from pen and paper!! (the undergrads have inspired me)

  • Tried to address the poor relationship I have with my core advisor

Pictures!

End of sem, phd2 gathering/christmas tree decorating

dorm welcome pizza session (back when it was warm!)

The best dormitory Resident Assistant (RA) team ever!

Full moon sailing in the Charles River

my microeconomics friend, Kathy :) The best study buddy one could ask for

a fun late night bonding session w Larry and Haewon!

fall hiking in Middlesex Fells!

Public economics w Gruber! Serious great class, made lots of friends :)

winning trivia team hehe XD

lunch w Prof Alberto Abadie (our stats teacher) and my fav undergrads (who I was honoured to be invited by)

Public econ team gathering! :D Super fun night. I got to build a gingerbread house with a cute little child!